![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509080635im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field New Technique Opens Door To Tabletop X-Ray Laser
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February 25, 2007
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A team of researchers has developed a new technique to generate laser-like X-ray beams, removing a major obstacle in the decades-long quest to build a tabletop X-ray laser that could be used for biological and medical imaging.
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Source University of Colorado at Boulder
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